Harrow



Oct. 18,1938. W O L N 2,133,897

HARRQW Filed June 14, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet l Oct. 18, 1938. L G 2,133,897

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Patented Oct. 18, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- HARROW Willard 0. Long, Bloomington, Ill.

Application June 14, 1937, Serial No. 148,234

3 Claims.

This invention relates to harrows of that type wherein tooth carrying frames are drawn over the I surface of the ground.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a harrow which can include any desired number of units, each unit being complete in itself and adapted to be placed at any suitable point upon a connecting bar or beam.

A further object is to provide harrow units the end one 'of which can be utilized as means for connecting to the beam the wheels used for supporting said beam.

Another object is to combine with each unit a means whereby the frame of the unit can be raised or lowered independently of the other units.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings- Figure 1 is a plan view of a harrow embodying 30 the present improvements, the same including several connected units.

Figure 2 is an enlarged plan view of the controlling portion of one of the end units, a portion of the supporting wheel associated therewith being shown.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section on line 3-3,

Figure 1 showing one of the controlling portions in side elevation.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4, Figure 3.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference l designates a toothed segment opposed portions of which are connected by a cross-bar 2 and by an integral yoke 3. A bearing sleeve 4 is formed integral with the center of the yoke and provides an opening 5 which alines with a corresponding opening 6 formed in the bar 2.

A stub axle l is mounted for rotation within the openings 5 and 6 and secured to this shaft between sleeve 4 and bar 2 is a collar 8 which serves to hold the axle against longitudinal displacement. This collar has an arm extending therefrom as shown at 9 and terminating in an eye l0.

Mounted on axle 1 between bar 2 and. collar 8 is a bar ll extending upwardly beyond arm 9 and formed with a laterally extending ear l2 having a transverse opening l3. In this bar is formed a socket l4 for the reception of an elongated handle l5 one end of which can be riveted or otherwise attached to bar II as shown at I6.

A dog I! is slidably mounted in bar H and is provided with a head l8 adapted to engage segment 1. Aspring'l9is interposed between head l8 and the outer end portion of bar I l and serves to hold the head I8 in engagement with the segment as shown, for example, in Figure 4.

A rod 20 is slidably mounted in eye In and opening l3 and is provided at its ends with washers 2| or the like held in place by nuts 22 or other suitable retaining means so as thus to constitute abutments for coiled springs 23. One of these springs is mounted on each end portion of rod 20 and are spaced apart at their inner ends by the eye I!) and ear l2.

Axle 1 projects in one direction away from sleeve 4 and mounted on the free end thereof is a split collar 24 which can be held to the axle by a removable pin 25 extending diametrically through the sleeve and one of a pair of openings 25 in the axle. A tubular extension 26 is made integral with sleeve or collar 24 and is attached to the forward end of a draw bar 21 the other end of which is connected to the tooth carrying frame 28 constituting the harrow section of the unit.

In assembling units for the purpose of forming a harrow having a plurality of sections, there is provided a wooden beam 29 to which are secured, at regular intervals, pairs of angular brackets 30, the brackets of each pair being located one in front of the other. These brackets are then joined by U-bolts 3| or the like to opposed portions of segment I so that the unit heretofore described is thus attached securely to the beam. One of the units is located at one end of the beam so that its axle 1 will project beyond the beam as shown in Figure 2. The unit at the opposite end of the beam is reversed relative to the other units so that its axle 1 will also project beyond the end of the beam but oppositely to the axle at the other end of the beam. In every case, however,

the bars 21 are extended backwardly from the be reenforced by arranging thereunder alongi- .tudinal beam 32 secured thereto.

After the units have been assembled as described, the collars 24 are removed from the axles of the end units, supporting wheels are placed on said axles, as shown at W and collars 24 are then replaced so as not only to hold the wheels on the axles but also to connect the end bars 21 to said axles.

Any desired means can be employed for connecting bar 29 to a tractor or other draft means. For example a tongue 33 having braces 34 can be extended forwardly from the beam and pro vided with a suitable hitch indicated generally at 35.

A harrow such as herein described enables the user to readily raise or lower any one of the frames by actuating its handle I5 and it also affords a simple and efficient means for connecting the supporting wheels to the beam. It becomes possible readily to assemble any desired number of units in one machine, it being necessary only to provide a beam of proper length.

Obviously when any handle [5 is moved in one direction it will cause a corresponding movement of bar H which will thrust through the spring 23 in the path thereof and against one of the abutments 2| so as to move the rod longitudinally and cause the other abutment 2| to thrust through the other spring 23 against eye l0. Consequently arm 9 will be actuated to rotate axle I and cause the teeth on the frame 28 to press yieldingly against the surface thereunder. While handle I5 is in this new position it can be held by the dog IB engaging segment I. By reversing the motion of the parts the ear I2 can be brought against eye H] to positively actuate arm 9 and lift frame 28 to a desired elevation above the ground where it can be locked by dog I8 and segment I.

What is claimed is:

1. A harrow including a beam, a segment secured to each end thereof, spaced bearing members carried by the segment, an axle journalled in the bearing members of each segment, said axles projecting in opposite directions beyond the respective ends of the beam, draw bars, means for attaching said bars to the ends of the respective axles, supporting wheels journalled on the axles, harrow frames carried by the respective draw bars, and separate means for rotating the respective axles within their wheels for raising or lowering the bars and frames.

2. A harrow including a beam, harrow units secured to each end of the beam, each unit including an axle projecting beyond the end of the beam, means for supporting the axle for rotation, means for rotating the axle, a harrow frame, and means for attaching said frame to the end of the axle, and a supporting wheel mounted on each axle.

3. A harrow including a beam, a plurality of harrow units detachably secured to and extending across the beam, each of said units comprising a segment, a rotatable stub axle journalled therein, cushioned means for rotating the axle, a collar detachably connected to one end of the axle, and a harrow frame connected to each 001- lar, two of said units being positioned at the ends of the beam with their axles extended in opposite directions respectively beyond the beam, and supporting wheels mounted on the axles of said end units.

WILLARD 0. LONG. 

